The Recall Desk

Hazard

Surgery Disruption recalls

1 recall in our database tag this hazard, drawn from FDA, USDA FSIS, CPSC, and NHTSA source notices.

What the numbers show

Total
1
Critical
0
Severe
0
Most recent
2023-11-15

Of the 1 surgery disruption recalls we have scored against our rubric, 0 (0%) are Critical — deaths or serious injuries reported, or the agency’s own highest classification — and 0 (0%) are Severe.

About this hazard tag

Hazard tags are short, machine-readable labels we attach to every recall to make cross-cutting queries possible — “all surgery disruption recalls regardless of agency”, “all listeria recalls in California”, “all airbag recalls in 2025”. The tags are extracted from each recall’s source text during the LLM rewrite step and validated against a fixed schema.

A recall can carry multiple tags — a Listeria recall might also be tagged ready-to-eat and undeclared-allergen. Use the full-text search if you want to combine hazard tags with brand or category filters.

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  • HighFDA (Devices)·Z-0258-2024·2023-11-15

    DJO EMPOWR Knee Punch Handle Tip May Break During Surgery

    Encore Medical is recalling DJO EMPOWR Knee Punch Handles due to a manufacturing defect that may cause the handle tip to break during surgery, potentially disrupting the procedure.

    Product
    DJO EMPOWR Knee Punch Handle, REF: 801-05-040
    Category
    Medical Device
    Distribution
    24 states